Welcome to the 2013 Australian PYW Championships, held this year in Australiaís cotton capital, Wee Waa. Fifty-six players are taking part representing Australiaís finest and most mediocre womenís tennis professionals. The Wee Waa & District Tennis Club welcomes all players and spectators who have come from as far afield as Narrabri, Moree and Walgett to see who will receive the prestigious Michelle Jaggard-Lai trophy at the end of the tournament. The organising committee wishes to think the tournamentís major sponsors, Namoi District Towing and the Wee Waa Hot Bread Shop and also Ms. Virginia Nugent who has taken time out from her Meals and Wheels duties to chalk the lines for the occasion. Enjoy the tournament and donít forget that Wee Waa Hot Bread Shop is having specials on cob bread and six packs of scones for the tournamentís duration.

- The 2013 tournament features a 32 player Qualifying draw (8 to qualify) and a 32 player Main Draw
- Entries and seedings are based on the latest Australian tennis rankings
- 1 vote per person per day. Voting is reset at exactly 12:00am (midnight) AEST time. (Qld: 11:00pm, SA: 11:30pm, NT: 10:30pm, WA: 9:00pm)
- BUT you cannot vote until 2 hours after your previous vote. (E.g. if I vote at 11:30pm, I can't vote again until at least 1:30am)
- 1 vote = one game
- If a set goes to a tiebreak, 1 vote = 2 points until players reach 6 then it's 1 vote = 1 point.
- Matches are best of 3 with 3rd set played to advantage

Actually Arina and Jelena both entered. However the secretary of the Wee Waa & District Tennis Club, Mr Walter Strathairn, had forgotten his glasses the day the entries were processed. Which may explain why he told Arina that there was no need to enter twice and that she'd be seeded 4th. When Arina learned that Mr Strathairn had mistaken her for her sister she responded with several vitriolic tweets on Twitter which have since been deleted. In Jelena's instance, Mr Strathairn advised her that being ranked #58 in Australia she did not make the qualifying draw but wished her well in the upcoming 18 & under Australian Championships in Melbourne.

Actually Arina and Jelena both entered. However the secretary of the Wee Waa & District Tennis Club, Mr Walter Strathairn, had forgotten his glasses the day the entries were processed. Which may explain why he told Arina that there was no need to enter twice and that she'd be seeded 4th. When Arina learned that Mr Strathairn had mistaken her for her sister she responded with several vitriolic tweets on Twitter which have since been deleted. In Jelena's instance, Mr Strathairn advised her that being ranked #58 in Australia she did not make the qualifying draw but wished her well in the upcoming 18 & under Australian Championships in Melbourne.

Its no fair if Jelena enters this as she didnt even do anything this year and it is 2013!! PYW champs. She will have next year

And before anyone complains about the draw (e.g. that I might have persuaded Mr. Strathairn in Wee Waa to give Alex Nancarrow the easiest possible draw), it was done using http://www.random.org/lists/ and Wee Waa public library has an excellent Information Technology Technician & Community Educator, Loganathan 'Logan' Gupta, so the oldies at the tennis club are very internet savvy and had no problems using that website.